Environmental Protection
The Maldives is taking steps to eliminate plastic waste
A scientific tool will help the government and other stakeholders in the country to reduce plastic waste by 85% by 2030.
Black-eyed peas can help farmers abandon harmful fertilizers
To make agriculture more sustainable, a focus needs to be on the plant's ability to get services from microbes in the soil.
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change
More than half of all plants rely on wildlife to disperse their seeds. Yet trouble is on the horizon for many of them.
The Mekong Delta is sinking fast, but it can still be saved
By the middle of the century much of the delta will have sunk below sea level unless the trend is reversed, scientists say.
Poaching remains a threat to Thailand’s wild tigers
The rangers were aghast to find the meat of two dead tigers being grilled at a campsite in a local forest.
Some 2.5 billion people in cities worldwide are exposed to air pollution
Some 1.8 million people die each year of various diseases caused or worsened by exposure to high levels of air pollution.